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Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-reset.txt: Use HEAD~N syntax everywhere (unify examples)

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 2, 2008, 02:37 UTC
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<alpine.LSU.1.00.0802020235480.7372@racer.site>
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Hi,
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, Jari Aalto wrote:
> The examples in the documentation refer to multiple ~N commits. To Keep 
> the exampels unified with the same syntax, use ~N in all examples.

AFAIR it was already shot down. Personally, I think it is not expecting too much of people to have the ambiguity between ~1 and ^1. Even worse, if you hide the ^-syntax from new users, they will be puzzled how to access the different parents of merge commits.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Documentation/git-reset.txt: Use HEAD~N syntax everywhere (unify examples)Jari Aalto, Feb 2, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinFeb 2, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2008
  4. Mike HommeyFeb 2, 2008
  5. Jari AaltoFeb 2, 2008
  6. Jakub NarebskiFeb 2, 2008
  7. Jari AaltoFeb 2, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinFeb 3, 2008
  9. J. Bruce FieldsFeb 2, 2008
  10. Jari AaltoFeb 2, 2008
  11. Robin RosenbergFeb 2, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2008
  13. Dmitry PotapovFeb 3, 2008
  14. Jari AaltoFeb 3, 2008
  15. Jakub NarebskiFeb 4, 2008
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